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Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Drill Ability Attacks, Evolutions, and Available Stages

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The Drill is a Copy Ability in Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Read on to learn about its attacks and evolutions, as well as to find out its blueprint location and available stages.

Drill Overview

Drill Basic Information

Copy Ability Stats and Effects
Kirby and the Forgotten Land Drill
Burrow underground to dodge and avoid enemies, and use it to access hidden areas.
Enemies Copied
Digguh Image Digguh
Power Rapid-Fire
2
1

Drill Attacks

Basic Atk
Charge Atk
Jump Atk
Basic Attack
(Press B)
Kriby Drill Basic AttackDig underground to dodge enemies and collect buried items. Let go of B to launch yourself out of the ground and damage enemies above you.
Charge Attack
(Hold B)
Kriby Drill Charge AttackCircle around your enemies while underground to make the ground quake beneath them.
Jump Attack
(Press A + B)
Kriby Drill Jump AttackThrust Kirby towards enemies and damage them with your drill.

Drill Evolutions

Copy Ability Evolution Requirement
1 DrillDrill
Base Form
2 Pencil DrillPencil Drill ・ Pencil Drill Blueprint
・ 500 Star Coins
・ 2 Rare Stones
3 Twin DrillTwin Drill ・ Twin Drill Blueprint
・ 800 Star Coins
・ 3 Rare Stones

Evolved Abilities: How to Evolve Copy Abilities

Drill Upgrades

No. Upgrade Requirement
1 1000 Star Coins + 2 Rare Stones
2 1000 Star Coins + 2 Rare Stones
3 1200 Star Coins + 3 Rare Stones
4 2500 Star Coins + 5 Rare Stones

How to Power Up (Upgrade) Abilities

Drill Available Stages

List of Stages
Concrete IslesConcrete Isles The Wondaria Dream ParadeThe Wondaria Dream Parade The Battle of Blizzard BridgeThe Battle of Blizzard Bridge
An Unexpected Beast KingAn Unexpected Beast King Searching the OasisSearching the Oasis Enter the Fiery Forbidden LandsEnter the Fiery Forbidden Lands
Gathering of the Beast CouncilGathering of the Beast Council Forgo WastelandForgo Wasteland

List of Stages and Full Walkthrough

Use Copy Ability Mix

Kirby Copy Ability Mix

If there are no enemies in your current stage that give this ability, you can still obtain it through Mix. When you inhale 2 or more enemies that give different copy abilities, Kirby will cycle through all his current abilities and select one at random.

How to Use Copy Ability Mix

Kirby and the Forgotten Land Related Guides

Copy Abilities

List of Copy Abilities

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Copy Ability Guides
Evolved Abilities

List of Base Form Copy Abilities

BombBomb CrashCrash CutterCutter
DrillDrill FireFire HammerHammer
IceIce NeedleNeedle RangerRanger
SleepSleep SwordSword TornadoTornado

List of Second Stage Copy Abilities

Chain BombChain Bomb Chakram CutterChakram Cutter Clutter NeedleClutter Needle
Deep SleepDeep Sleep Fleur TornadoFleur Tornado Frosty IceFrosty Ice
Gigant SwordGigant Sword Noble RangerNoble Ranger Pencil DrillPencil Drill
Time CrashTime Crash Toy HammerToy Hammer Volcano FireVolcano Fire

List of Third Stage Copy Abilities

Blizzard IceBlizzard Ice Buzz-Saw CutterBuzz-Saw Cutter Crystal NeedleCrystal Needle
Dragon FireDragon Fire Homing BombHoming Bomb Meta Knight SwordMeta Knight Sword
Space RangerSpace Ranger Storm TornadoStorm Tornado Twin DrillTwin Drill
Wild HammerWild Hammer

List of Fourth Stage Copy Abilities

Masked HammerMasked Hammer Morpho Knight SwordMorpho Knight Sword

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